In this seminar Shihan Jim Dart, introduces the Wado system of teaching kata by the emphasis of Kaistsu (principles) rather than Bunkai (analysis). 

Vital points are included from a variety of sources including:

• Shindo Yoshin-ryu Jujitsu (Hironori Ohtsuka, the founder of Wado-Ryu karate and former Chief instructor for Gichin Funakoshi, pressured the vital point chart he received from his training in Shindo Yoshin-ryu Jujitsu to Funakoshi for the publication in Funakoshi’s master text ‘Karate Do Kyohan’ in 1935).

• The 12 Vital Points fromTenjin Shin’yo-ryu Jujitsu featured in Jigoro Kano’s 1931 unpublished work ‘Judo Kyohan’.

• Vital points taught to Wado students by Masafumi Shiomitsu sensei (9th Dan)

• Vital points taught to Wado students by the late Yoshi Shinohara sensei (8th Dan)

• Vital points taught to Wado students by Hironori Ohtsuka III (Soke), grandson of the founder of Wado-ryu. 

Many of these will be taught as Ohyo (Oyo) or (practical application), drawn from common principles introduced by Hironori Ohtsuka into his Wado-Ryu karate system including the Kansetsu Waza (locking techniques) & Nage Waza (throwing techniques) derived from Shindo Yoshinryu Jujutsu, Tenjin Shin’yo ryu Jujitsu as well as Shihan Jim Dart’s experience from Kodokan Judo and Small Circle Jujitsu and others.